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> From: hampshire-bounces@??? [mailto:hampshire-
> bounces@???] On Behalf Of Jacqui Caren-home
> Sent: 29 September 2011 18:37
> To: hampshire@???
> Subject: Re: [Hampshire] [OT] Thermaltake "Tsunami" Tower Case
>
> On 29/09/2011 18:16, Rob Malpass wrote:
> > As ever, it's a case of not wanting to spend good money after bad. All
> > fans seem to be working and I've never had a problem in any case I've
> built a PC in before so I'm just wondering if this case is flawed somehow.
> Nothing crops up on Google but it is a bit old now so that's not
> surprising.
> >
> > Any ideas anyone?
>
> Is the PSU AOK?
> Is the CPU paste "gone"?
> Is the heatsink well seated?
> Is the heatsink clean - I stick a pencil into the fan and blow the
> heatsick clean with an air line.
> Even then the muck eventually builds up in the bottom of the h/sink and it
> ends up being replaced at least once in a machines life.
> Have you checked for "blown caps"?
> When the machine dies, unplug and open the case - look and smell - if it
> is a blown cap in the PSU or mobo you *will* be able to smell it.
> Is there anything in the logs?
>
>
> Do you have anything running monitoring the CPU temp etc?
>
Thanks Jacqui. I've opened it up and found the culprit immediately.
Somehow the floppy drive caddy was pushed up against the CPU fan. Whether
it was running I don't know (I'd assume it would power down well before 5
mins if the CPU fan hadn't spun at all) but it's running fine now.
Cheers
Rob
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